Fowler v. Equitable Trust Co.’s Empirical Analysis
141 U.S. 411 · 1891
Citation profile
7 district · 15 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 27 later decisions (3 by the Supreme Court) — most recently January 1989 · most notably Harrison v. Perea (1897), 59 W. Va. 605 - Harvey Coal & Coke Co. v. Dillon (1905)
7 district · 15 state decisions
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Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The payment of $150 . . . commission, did not make that contract usurious ; for, if that sum be added to the 9 per cent, interest stipulated to be paid, the total amount of interest exacted would be less than 10 per cent., the highest rate allowed by law. . . . 19”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.